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“Body Goals”: Exposure To Idealized, Popular Media Images Can Affect Body Satisfaction Ratings, Elizabeth K. Riitters
“Body Goals”: Exposure To Idealized, Popular Media Images Can Affect Body Satisfaction Ratings, Elizabeth K. Riitters
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College students are exposed to media many times throughout their day. Studies have shown that there are many negative correlations between students and their comparison of their bodies to others. In this study, it was tested to see if viewing mass media images for a while can affect the way people rate their body satisfaction and whether or not they would change their body. There were 20 people tested in this study. There were 10 people in the control group, and 10 people in the experimental group. The experimental group was required to watch a slideshow with 4 different pictures …